Bridle-bit.



0. w. GREEN. BRIDLE BIT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.12, 1913.

1,084,329, Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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CLYDE W. GREEN, OF ST. JOHN, WASHINGTON.

BRIDLE-BIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914;.

Application filed April 12, 1913. Serial No. 760,700. 11

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLYDE V. GREEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. John, in the county of hitman, State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle-Bits; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to harness and has special reference to a bridle bit.

The principal object of the invention is to improve the general construction of devices of this character.

A second object of the invention is to provide an improved bit especially adapted for connecting teams of horses abreast of each other.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and Figure 1 is a rear clevation of a bit constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of such a bit.

In carrying out the objects of this invention there is provided a cylindrical bar 10 and formed integrally with this bar adjacent each end thereof are cheek plates 11 of circular form. Each of these cheek plates is provided with an opening 12 adjacent the upper part of its periphery, the opening being used for the attachment of the head stall. At the rear of each plate the plate is bent outwardly as indicated at 13 and in this outwardly bent portion is an opening 14 for the reception of the reins. By means of this construction the reins are held away from the corners of the horses mouth and the rounded bend prevents cutting when one of the other reins is drawn upon. Furthermore, the oft-set position of the reins is found in practice to give a more direct pull. Each end of the bar 10 projects beyond the respective plate 11 as at 15 and fixed in each of these ends is a ring 16 provided adjacent its point of attachment with reinforcing ends 17. These rings are immovable with respect to the bar so that they are at all times in position to receive the cross check used in connecting teams of horses abreast. By this means several horses may be hitched abreast and but two reins used to guide all, these reins being hitched to the out side plate of the bits of the outer horses.

There has thus been provided a simple and eflicient device of the kind described and of the character specified.

It will be obvious that many minor changes may be made in the form and construction of this invention without departing from the material principles thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as come properly within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. In a bit of the class described, a bar, a circular cheek plate carried by the bar adjacent each. end thereof and provided with an opening for the attachment of a head stall, said plate having its rearward portion bent outward and provided with an opening for the attachment of a rein, and means carried by the ends of said bar for the attachment of cross cheek reins.

2. In a bit of the class described, a bar, a circular cheek plate carried by the bar adjacent each end thereof and provided with an opening for the attachment of a head stall, said plate having its rearward portion bent outwardly and provided with an opening for the attachment of a rein, and means carried by the ends of said bar for the attachment of cross cheek reins, said means comprising a ring rigidly fixed to the respective bar ends and provided adjacent its point of attachment with reinforcing wings.

In testimony whereof, I atliX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES JENNINGS.

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